Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Choi Chun Lam

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 15, 1996No. 1460PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This appeal arises from the judgment of sentence entered against appellant Choi Chun Lam in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County for first degree murder. Appellant was tried with two co-defendants, Zu Long Xie and Bick Yung Cheng, for the murder of Rong Rong Xu. Following her conviction by a jury, Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm.

On May 3,1992, two gunmen entered a restaurant owned by Wing Cheng in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, and killed Xu, his wife. In August of 1993, Cho Yee Yeung, a member of a New York crime gang known as the Fuk Ching, was…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. Commonwealth v. CocciolettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  5. Commonwealth v. McNealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GaskinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. RandallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. KitchenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. State v. SwimsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2002

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